Over the years I have found that modeling and an interest in cars often go hand in hand. So on that note does anybody else like to model cars that they used to actually own?
I have done several and have a very long list of others to come.
In rough order of ownership. All were modeled as close to how they actually were when I had them including rust, bad paint and dirty engines.
Only have two that I’m planning. First one I bought the truck brand new, still have it 33 years later. Kit has 351ci engine, mine only has the 302ci. Just minor differences under the hood.
I have this 1/18 scale 2010 Mustang convertible. It’s similar to the 2012 Mustang I actually owned. I’d like to paint the interior light grey to match the real car.
I already did the Charger. I have the rest of the kits in the stash - though the Challenger will be Don Garlits not mine
And my current ride (Challenger 2.0)
I also did a Datsun 510 - my first car, but not in boring beige…
And this is as close to my KZ400 as I can get it kit form
And I just found a model kit of this - my sailboat I had as a boy
I don’t build model cars, but I commissioned another modeler to build a Ford Pinto for my best friend for his birthday about 2 years ago. The model was painted orange as that was the color of the car my best friend drove long, long ago. A sample pic of a real car is below of what the color was that I asked to have on the model.
would be cool.
